Brazil: Nine Dead in Amazon's Worst Land-Related Killings in Decades

May 10, 2017 | Fabiano Maisonnave, Guardian
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Nine men were stabbed or shot dead on 19 April over a territorial dispute in a remote area of Mato Grosso state, deep in the Amazon rainforest. The worst land-related slaughter Brazil has seen in 21 years reflects a chronic ambiguity around land rights. On this lawless frontier, far from the gaze of the authorities, forest clearance and conflict go hand in hand.